Re: [Xlog-discussion] v1.6 adventures & comments

[Alexandru Csete]

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:07:12 -0500
Martin Ewing - AA6E <address@hidden> wrote:

> ...
> 
> 2. Clicking Power button gives a result between 0 and 256.  Hamlib 
> returns a floating value between 0.0 and 1.0.  For a 100 watt rig
> like mine, that should be 0 - 100 W of course.  Ideally, there would
> be a preference setting for max. power that would be used to scale
> the result.  In any case, 256 can't be right for most of us!

The application can use rig->power2mW API function if it is implemented
by the backend.

Otherwise, the min/max power is also available via the
rig_caps->tx_range_list1 / 2 - again, if properly implemented by the
backend.

Conversion shouldn't be done at application level,
since for HF/VHF/UHF rigs the max power depends on which band you are
on. I don't know if there is any convention for whether 1.0
corresponds to the "global" max power or just the band specific max
power.

73
Alex OZ9AEC